Friday, March 21, 2025

Queen to receive Polar Music Prize 2025

Queen will be bestowed with the Polar Music Prize for 2025. The rock icons - behind mega-hits including 'Bohemian...

Latest Posts

Bastille announce From All Sides 2025 arena tour

Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ arena tour. Dan Smith and co will perform songs from the...

Selena Gomez thanks Benny Blanco for ‘pouring unconditional love’ into their joint album

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have released their joint album, 'I Said I Love You First'. The smitten couple...

Guns N’ Roses unveil Frank Ferrer’s replacement

Guns N' Roses have unveiled AWOLNATION sticksman Isaac Carpenter as Frank Ferrer's replacement. The 58-year-old drummer amicably parted...

Bobby Weir hasn’t ruled out a Grateful Dead reunion as a trio

Bobby Weir has suggested it's possible for the Grateful Dead to reunite as a trio following the passing of bass player Phil...

John Lennon letter goes up for auction

A handwritten letter by John Lennon is going up for sale for $35,000.
The note sees the Beatles legend accuse the EMI record label of blocking distribution on his 1968 experimental album ‘Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins’, because he appears nude on its cover with Yoko Ono, who became his wife in 1969.
In the letter, Lennon angrily writes: "EMI (who have the real control) wrote warning letters to all their puppets around the world telling them not to handle it in any way."
Lennon’s ambition was to ensure that he would avoid a repeat of his experiences with EMI, which also distributed The Beatles’ Apple Records releases.
Of the letter, Moments in Time dealer Gary Zimet told the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: "This is Lennon’s handwritten draft letter … The letter is angrily written, and this album was the very first non-Beatles album that Lennon made."
And ultimately, ‘Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins’ – which was released with brown paper-bag packaging – was distributed by another record label.
Meanwhile, John’s former Beatles bandmate, Sir Paul McCartney, recently revealed he relished the "competitive" nature of their relationship.
The iconic duo penned some of the most famous songs in history during their days with the group, and Sir Paul admitted that the late star’s determination to be the best helped to improve his own songwriting.
He shared: "It was quite competitive because if I wrote something he’d try and better it and then I’d try and better that, so it’s a good system.
"It means you’re going up a staircase and each time you’re trying to make it better, so if that works it can make the song very good … and in our case memorable.
"That was the trick because we couldn’t put it down, we couldn’t put it on a recording like today, you just had to remember it. So that was a good restriction too, it meant if you forgot it, too bad.
"So, it had to have a hook and nearly always, even if you forgot it in the evening, you’d go out for a drink and say, ‘what was that bloody song’. You’d wake up in the morning an go ‘oh yeah, I remember!’ It would just come back."

Latest Posts

Bastille announce From All Sides 2025 arena tour

Bastille have announced the 2025 ‘From All Sides’ arena tour. Dan Smith and co will perform songs from the...

Selena Gomez thanks Benny Blanco for ‘pouring unconditional love’ into their joint album

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have released their joint album, 'I Said I Love You First'. The smitten couple...

Guns N’ Roses unveil Frank Ferrer’s replacement

Guns N' Roses have unveiled AWOLNATION sticksman Isaac Carpenter as Frank Ferrer's replacement. The 58-year-old drummer amicably parted...

Bobby Weir hasn’t ruled out a Grateful Dead reunion as a trio

Bobby Weir has suggested it's possible for the Grateful Dead to reunite as a trio following the passing of bass player Phil...

Don't Miss

Chappell Roan wanted to ‘honour’ herself by writing a country song

Chappell Roan wanted to "honour" herself by writing a country song. The 27-year-old singer is known for pop hits...

Lily Allen is ‘surprised’ that Charli XCX is not headlining Glastonbury: ‘I don’t understand…’

Lily Allen is "surprised" that Charli XCX is not headlining Glastonbury, The 39-year-old singer is delighted that US pop...

Kim Wilde wants Glastonbury legends slot

Kim Wilde says it is one of her dreams to perform at Glastonbury. The 64-year-old pop legend admits she...

Yungblud to release nine-minute single next week

Yungblud will release a nine-minute single next week. The 27-year-old star's latest song 'Hello Heaven, Hello’ clocks in at...

Iron Maiden to release new documentary celebrating 50 years

Iron Maiden will release a new documentary film featuring the final interview from former frontman Paul Di’Anno. The new...

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.